Wellard Travel Guide & Tips, Australia

Wellard Tourism

Wellard is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. The suburb name commemorates an early settler, John Wellard, who in 1860 owned Serpentine Farm about 7.5 km southeast of the suburb. A government townsite with his name was declared in 1923 but cancelled in 1960. Wellard was approved as a suburb name in March 1978. At the time of the 2011 census there were 3,246 people living in the suburb of Wellard. The ABS reported the most common responses for employed persons usually resident in Wellard were Technicians and Trades Workers 21.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Professionals 14.9%, Managers 9.3% and Labourers 8.6%.